Actually, we probably
should have dug our garlic about a week
ago. As you can see in the photo to the right below, a few of the
heads had lost their outer wrapper layer, meaning that we waited a bit
long to harvest. This
website gives the
best description I've seen of how to plant, harvest, and cure your
garlic.

Despite the fact that
we're really supposed to let our garlic cure for
a couple of weeks to get the best garlic flavor, I couldn't resist
harvesting our first basil of the year and doing a pesto
taste-test. We weren't really sure we could tell the difference
between the varieties, so we'll have to test them again once they're
fully cured. All four pestos were delicious, though, especially
after we realized this meant we may never have to buy grocery store
garlic again!

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